Many know how to flatter, few know how to praise.

  • -- Wendell Phillips 温德尔·菲利浦斯

很多人知道如何奉承,很少有人知道如何赞美。

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Neither praise or blame is the object of true criticism. Justly to discriminate, firmly to establish, wisely to prescribe, and honestly to award. These are the true aims and duties of criticism.

赞扬和责备都不是真正批评的对象。公正的区别对待,坚定的建立,明智的规定,诚实的奖励。这些才是批评的真正目的和职责。

I don't call you handsome, sir, though I love you most dearly: far too dearly to flatter you. Don't flatter me.

“我不叫你漂亮,先生,虽然我非常爱你,我太爱你了,没法恭维你。不要奉承我。

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

赞美就像黄金和钻石一样,其价值只在于它的稀缺性。